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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

At the time I noted that this created opportunity for other platforms to become more globally dominant, particularly as countries in the emerging markets leapfrogged wireline networks to ever faster mobile networks. Many investors and entrepreneurs in the US still have a US-centric view of the world.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

For me one of the tell tale signs of a real entrepreneur is that they know how to network well enough to find technical talent to join them. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Outsourcing early often happens when you have non-technical founders who don’t know how to get code out the door.

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. The correct answer is to closely manage the overall network – promote the good people and kick out the bad people. Upwork had truly life-changing potential.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). people in India, 700k have cell phones with SMS, not smart phones, 66% of women do the work but receive 10% of income, 1% of property. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Founder of JackCards.com.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). people in India, 700k have cell phones with SMS, not smart phones, 66% of women do the work but receive 10% of income, 1% of property. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Founder of JackCards.com.

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Is Outsourcing Exploitation?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Even though $300 USD a month may not seem like much to someone living in a developed country, in Thailand, or Romania, the Philippines, or India, it’s above the average monthly wage. So how can outsourcing overseas, when the pay rate seems so terribly small compared to the amount of time put in by the worker, be considered fair?

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

You can outsource your development to India, the Ukraine, Buenas Aires, or even Indiana. On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before. Don't want to learn code? That's right--Indiana. There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too.

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